Environmental Factors in Respiratory Disease
- 1st Edition - January 1, 1972
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Editor: Douglas H. K. Lee
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 2 - 4 2 4 5 - 3
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 4 4 0 6 5 5 - 1
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 2 - 6 9 6 7 - 2
Environmental Factors in Respiratory Disease provides an overview of the state of knowledge on the role of environmental factors in respiratory disease. The book opens with a… Read more
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Request a sales quoteEnvironmental Factors in Respiratory Disease provides an overview of the state of knowledge on the role of environmental factors in respiratory disease. The book opens with a discussion of some trends and developments which bear on concerns with respiratory disease and the environment. This is followed by separate chapters on pulmonary anatomy and physiology as it relates to the problem of environmental factors in respiratory disease; various tracheobronchial responses to insult; the response of alveoli of the lung to damaging agents; and effects of chronic respiratory disease on lung and heart functions. Subsequent chapters deal with environmental pollutants, their routes of transport, and impact on lung function; specific reactions of the lung that can be attributed to a particular material or agent; host defense mechanisms in the lung; and interactions of infectious diseases and air pollutants. This text will be helpful to those who need to know the state of current knowledge on the health significance of environmental factors in respiratory disease but who do not have the time to pursue the detailed literature or to seek a compilation directed to their special needs.
Contributors
Editorial Comment
Chapter 1. Introduction: a Changing Environment-a Problem for All
Changing Patterns in Health
Changing Patterns in Technology
Occupational Exposures
Community Air Pollution
Personal Habits
Home Environment
Comment
References
Part 1. The Lung and Its Basic Reactions
Chapter 2. Anatomy and Physiology of the Lung
Airways
Pulmonary Circulation
The Terminal Respiratory Units
Methods of Study
References
Chapter 3. Tracheobronchial Response to Insult
Acute Responses
Chronic Responses
Neoplasia
References
Chapter 4. Modes of Alveolar Response to Insult
Organization of the Alveolar Zone
Control of Alveolar Fluid
Clearance Failure
Interstitial Connective Tissue
References
Chapter 5. The Effects of Chronic Respiratory Disease on the Function of the Lungs and Heart
Restriction of Inspiration
Airway Obstruction
Maldistribution of Air and Blood in the Lungs
Impairment of Oxygen Diffusion
References
Part II. Lung Responses to Environmental Factors
Chapter 6. Airborne Contaminants
Sources, Nature, and Relation to Respiratory Effects
Entry into and Removal from the Respiratory System
References
Chapter 7. Action through Channels Other than Airborne
Agents Entering through the Skin
Agents Entering from the Alimentary Canal
Direct Transmission through the Chest Wall
Secondary Effects from Environmentally Induced Lesions Elsewhere
Action on the Lung
Effects of the Herbicide Paraquat
References
Chapter 8. Some Specific Effects of Environmental Agents
Text
References
Chapter 9. Environmental Factors in Chronic Lung Disease
Chronic Lung Disease in Adults
Chronic Lung Disease in Children
References
Chapter 10. Host Variables in Pulmonary Responses to the Environment
Defense Mechanisms
Method of Measurement
Baseline Measurements in Normals
Effects of Single Agents
Interactions and Multiple Effects
References
Chapter 11. Interaction of Infectious Disease and Air Pollutants: Influence of "Tolerance"
Bacterial Infections
Virus Infection
Mode of Action
Enhancement By Chronic Exposure
Tolerance to Oxidant Gases
Interaction of Nonoxidant Air Pollutants with Infectious Agents
Implications for Air Quality Criteria
References
Part III. Some Special Problems
Chapter 12. Smoking Habits and Air Pollution in Relation to Lung Cancer
Smoking
Urban Air Pollution
Conclusion
References
Chapter 13. Occupational Lung Diseases
Occupational Lung Diseases-1971
Important Variables
Environmental Considerations
References
Chapter 14. Epidemic Asthma
Seasonal Variations
Castor Pomace Allergy
New Orleans Asthma
Minneapolis Asthma
Yokohama Asthma
Summary
References
Chapter 15. Environmental Factors in Bronchial Asthma
Season of the Year
Climatic Conditions
Air Pollution
Summary and Conclusions
References
Chapter 16. Towards an Optimum Environment
Chapter 17. Conclusions and Reservations
Recapitulation
Distillation
Implementation
- Edition: 1
- Published: January 1, 1972
- No. of pages (eBook): 274
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9781483242453
- Hardback ISBN: 9780124406551
- eBook ISBN: 9781483269672
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